is. >> good evening. we are going to begin with charges tonight of lurid sex and coverup at the landmark st. francis church in san francisco north beach. accuser is former worker who

crust filed a lawsuit against the catholic archdiocese of san francisco. abc 7 news reporter vick lestory only on abc 7 new news. >> matthews a single mother in her 30's with two-year-old child. she worked in the administration office of the church of st. francis. matthew says a church trustee since fired became her supervisor. her lawsuit charges that he forced her to have sex and spanked her with his wooden paddle. >> many sex acts and spankings occurred inside the shrine and sack wrist ty there. >> the paddle was given by close friend james taryn teen o. he's charged in the la you suit with covering up the alleged wrongdoing. >> inscription bn o boy night out from bill to father t from the sexual act that bill mclaughlin was basically threatening my client to engage

in otherwise she would lose her job. >> lawyer sandra rivera says after almost a year oven touring the abuse, her client told mclaughlin no more. >> the powers of be at the church and retaliated against her by terminating her. >> the church respondd with a statement saying in part the lawsuit is full of lurid accusations but devoid of the truth. miss matthews let two for financial impropriety. the subject of ongoing police investigation. matthews attorney responded this way. >> anything that she has done has been at the direction of bill mclaughlin as her supervisor. >> she never stolen money there. >> not that i'm aware of. >>reporter: now attorney rivera says that they have explicit photographs which her client supervisor sent by e-mail and text message. she also says the shrine has security camera. which should be an important bit of evidence. our calls to the archdiocese were not returned and the attorney for mclaughlin

declined to comment. vick lee, 7 news. >> richmond man will spend the next 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to holding a relative at the sex slave. 5 52-year-old raul pleaded got one count of forced lewd act with a child and 2 counts of forcible rape. prosecutors say repeatedly ripped a relative then 12 years old in apply wood shed he built on the back yard of the home. this ordeal went on for 15 years. until siblings con inconvenienced the girl to escape in 2012. se will be formally sentenced february 11. >> well it has been a long time since we have seen this. bay area finally getting rape for the first time in weeks. better than nothing but it will do very little to ease the drought. >> thinks unprecedented. we have never seen conditions like this up in northern california. >> in the short-term we shall we are work to go get funding from the president. >> governor brown says drastic time call for drastic measures

and today he asked californians to cut back on world trade center use. also working on plan to move water supply from his southern california to areas like napa and sonoma which could run out of water. abc 7 news reporter wayne went to sonoma county today where ranchers farmers are getting desperate. >> if you still wonder how december president california rankers have become for water in the dry perched winter landscape. >> see the green spot? above the fence there. >>reporter: take a ride in southern sonoma county here. he represented a backhoe and started digging today based on hunch that green grass on the ground might indicate a spring below. >> i'm not the type of person to sit around and complain. i'll figure something out. >>reporter: this is a drought in which the if bit of water has gone from the bad to the worst that they have seen in 50 years of marriage. >> he's a nervous wreck. >>reporter: they raise kalts and also get to from which they make gourmet cheese. 3 kids were born this morning. she

spent hours nurseest the weakest one no give up in her either. >> i keep my fingers crossed i can keep her aleif. >>reporter: they are not alone in the striling. just up the road in southern marin he described conditions dryer than 5 general rigs of his family have seen since 1865. >> this is going to be a long long summer. >>reporter: he's already decided to not wait for the county or state. neal found source of water and will begin truck it in this weekend. >> this is beyond dry. we have no pasture. in the 70's we had pasture. >> now. go down. >>reporter: by this afternoon don had tapped enough spring to maybe yield 100 gallons of water a day. it's one small victory and in the living room by a fire here's another. the they will take the victory at they come. from sonoma county, wayne, abc 7 news. >> well so how much rain did we

get and much more on the way. spencer here with a first look at the weather. not exactly a drought because tivrment you are right. not a drought buster but we will get some moisture tonight. in fact some moisture arrived already you can see right here. bulk offshore at the moment and no doubt there are so many damp spotsal the coast line but no one is recording actual measurable rainfall yet in our official reporting station so loop radar you can see this mass of moisture is moving eastward toward the central part of the by area and likely some showers sprinkle or light written during the date night overnight hours. but the rainfall total last couple days pit fun. few hundredths inch here and there. up to a tenth in the inland location east and south by not nearly enough to have any kind of bring any kind of relief to the drought situation. here's how dry we are rain fall deficit shows that san francisco need nearly 11 and a half inches to get up to the normal level to this point in the season. santa rosa need nearly 11 inches.

nearly 10 inches at sfo. all around the bay area many, many inches up to a foot below the normal rainfall level for this point in the season. doesn't lack like anything come our which soon that erase the deficit. >> see you shortly. storm brought much-needed snow to the sierra. active 24 hours there look at the difference at heavenly from yesterday on the left. to today. finally a bit more like winter up there. here's a look tonight at conditions near tahoe. see there's finally some snow on the ground but no snow falling right now. now debts pay the the snow that has come don't bring out the skis just yet. today the department of world trade center resources had its second snow survey of the winter and result not encouraging. state wide snow pack water content is just 12 percent of ample. for this time of year. back in 1991 the lowest snow pack water cop tent reading for this time of year was 21 percent. so that's how bad it is this year. >> well today snow is good news

for business in the sierra though especially the ski resovrments here's laura anthony with that part of the story. you. >> first time since they had the groomer out to maximize the 8 inches of new snow closed resort received overnight jean jeans. >> the reaction is fantastic. looks like day for the first time all season. >> so what is uruguay doing. >> he's track packing and preparing the snow. hopefully get another foot, foot and half. that will fill in. so to did some grooming. >> what is not on the hill already they push over to it and though nice to see, the new pwoypt is still a bit short of what they will need the reopen. across the road at sugar bowl new snow a welcome addition. opportunity to open at least a few more runs and what otherwise been a disappointing season. >> it has been a challenging season but we always do the

best we can and we always have fun out there when we two skiing and snowboarding. >> for sugar bowl and sierra resorts the long awaited natural snow fall only supplement what they continue to make. for students who live up here also provided a rare snow day. >> if it wasn't a snow day i would be at school being bored so. >>reporter: this beats school. >> yes. a lot more, way more. >> hope is to get a few more inches out of the tail end of the system but washington they really need up here is a few more feet near donner pass, abc 7 news. >> investigators say san jose mobile home fire injured a woman, firefighters and dog was accidental. sky 7 hd shot the video above the home on the avenue here the woman carried to an ambulance there. firefighters also rescued a do dog. fire department photographer craig rose provided these photo to abc 7 news. >> started performing cpr for the dog. got a pulse and pulse

become but the dog had real shallow rapid breath. >> firefighters were able to resuscitate the dog. dog is all right but the woman injured is in critical condition. >> well still to come here tonight. political royalty in the bay area. first lady san francisco visit and how long she will stay. >> plus bay area dog lovers sound off tonight about controversial park service proposal. speak now or forever hold your leash. >> by product of winter weather in the sierra. is there a bear hib natureing in your basement. hib natureing in your basement. story lucky charms!

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>> heated debate under way in the bay area over new leash law in the national park service land. today congresswoman spear jumped right into the middle of the controversy. abc 7 news reporter cornell has the story. >> she says letting the dog off leash at this field is a morning ritual. >> i have run her 3 to 5 miles every day and she has to be off

leash. she needs to do 10 plus miles or she doesn't get enough exercise. >> restricting that access would be a deal breaker for he her. >> devastating for us. i think we would move. go up to saint helena. >> where dog roam on and off leash in the goalen gate national recreation area debated for more than a decade. to dog restriction released by the national park service in 2011 cause such uproar among dialing owners it caused congresswoman spear to get involved calling this public hearing in san francisco looking for a solution. >> dog owners non-dog owners, bird watchers, bicyclist everyone interest has to be accommodated. >> but how to do that. sally stevens says responsible dog owners should be given an all access pass to parks. >> so basically what is happening the federal are coming in and telling the local people that they can't do the things that they have been doing on their land for 50, 60,

70 years. >> dog dig hole. going for gore. chase bird. run over flora and fawn 8. park officials say hopefully room for everyone to enjoy our amazing golden gate national recreation area. >> everybody wants to enjoy the same area. whether you want to do it with a dog or rather would not have dogs at all. >> controversial dog management plan received more than 4000 public comments so far. the park service will keep that comment period open until february 18 before making a decision. they say speak now or forever hold your leash. in san francisco, cornell bernard abc 7 news. >> nice turn of phrase. of the poodle rescued prosecute conveyor belt at san francisco recycling center went home with her new owner today. patricia works at ecology as community relations manager and among those who helped rescue the little guy gem. badly injured dog someone ended up somehow

ended up in the trash last year but water plucked out just in time. she condition not believe gem survived. >> i think anyone like everyone else my reaction i saw pictures of her and it was just such a miracle to see that she made it through. just made it alive. >>reporter: more than 250 animal recovers asked to adopt gem. but animal care control officials said the dog deserved to go a home with someone with ties to the he colonel jichlt sweet gem is. >> now to arizona where cat is making big news. big news. this 36 pound cat was turned in this week to the maricopa county animal control and care. look at the size of this thin thing. meat ball is so big you can't even stay in one of the kennel. sleeping in nearby office. not largest cat. that honor goes to 46 pounder from queens land. >> holy. >> get meat bull off meat ball. >> that's a large cat.

>> spencer here with the weather foyvrnlt i we shall i had better news but a little bit of rain we get is still just a little bit of rain. here's live doppler 7hd we have moisture. rightal the coast line and moving in our direction but not going to bring much more than light showers to the the bay area we certainly need more than. that meanwhile over in the sierra snowing painly light snow but accumulating. an also an avalanche warning by the way for the central sierra to 7:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. back country areas though and there is a winter weather advisory in effect until 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. snowing there now. expect to it continue snowing overnight. several inches of accumulation across the region. few cloud in the sky over the downtown financial district of san francisco. look tling from our exploring camera. temperature readings in the low mid 50's. san francisco oakland redwood city and half moon bay 49 at los gatos and now look along the bay bridge from the south

beach camera downtown san francisco. 53 degrees santa rosa. 49 in napa. then low 50's at petaluma. fairfield. concord livermore. live view for you lacking at few cloud over sfo. these are our forecast feature scattered showers not only possible but likely tonight. mostly sunny tomorrow and slight chance of light rain again on sunday. now satellite image shows the frontal system swept through last night well to our south now. south of los angeles. we have this little disturbance offshore. pushing some moisture in our direction writ now. so again chance of some showers tonight. late tonight and during the overnight hours in early tomorrow morning. probably be all over our next chance of rain looks leak coming to us over the wean. start forecast animation saturday at 5:00 p.m. at which point we are dry but this next approaching system is going to slade down along the coast line and could produce some light rain for us sunday and into the afternoon evening hours on sunday so maybe a little bit of wet weather mainly near the

coast on sunday but once again this doesn't look like significant rainfall system. over nature tonight partly to mostly cloudy sky was more clearing toward the morning. low pressure will range from upper 30's in the north by cell to low mid 40's elsewhere then tomorrow after possibility of some early morning showers it's mainly sunny afternoon and relatively mild with high pressure ranging from mid 50's at the coast to upper 50's low 60's inland and near the basement here's accu-weather 7 day forecast so the little chance of rainy mention on sunday. clear out on monday and tuesday wednesday thursday back to old familiar pattern. sunny skies. high pressure in the mid 60's well above seasonal averages and no hint of a significant rain maker coming our way in the next 7 days. >> what a winter this has been. >> one for the record book. really its. >> thanks spencer very much. >> still to kilometer on 7 news at 9 obey area toy start up that encourage girls to be engineers and it's about to get some big time national

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>> good evening once again. start with first lady michelle obama who continue as very busy visit to san francisco tonight but she had time to stop for dinner. we were on hand when mrs. obama arrived at the slanted door in the ferry building tonight. she

kaley to the city this afternoon for 3 political fundraisers raising money to help democrat in the midterm election. >> yes supporters to ask honest questions and she gave like amazingly honest answers. about what people could do individually and to help the cause that is they brought up. not her own causes. >>reporter: mrs. obama will stay overnight in san francisco and tomorrow she will join house minority leader pelosi for democratic national event take place at the fairmont hotel. >> the president signed executive order today aimed at coming up with ways to improve federal job training programs. the president was at a general electric gas engine plant near milwaukee promoting agenda from tuesday state of the union address. president says he want to find better way to prepare americans for rapidly changing workplace. also talked about the need to help women succeed. >> i don't know about all the guys here but the when michelle is doing good and happy, i'm

happy too. i'm just saying. >>reporter: the president also said he was going to start tuesday speech by saying the state of the union is cold but he decided it was not entirely appropriate. in many respect it has been accurate. georgia governor taking the blame for the failure that led to epic traffic jam during this week winter storm. on tuesday schools an businesses all let out at the same time when snow started falling. causing just massive grid lock. some people had to and the cars or even sleep in them overnight. and it took until today to get all of them cleared from the road. georgia governor deal said today the state did not make prepare asians early enough to avoid problems. >> i think we did not respond fast enough. we did not respond in the magnitude at early enough time. >> governor deal says his

agency will undergo internal and external reviews and the state will put together a new plan of action for the next storm. >> attorney general holder announced that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against boston marathon bombing suspect czar nye a.he and his brother are accused of planter 2 pressure cooker bomb near the finish line of last april race killing 3 people and injuring 260 more. he died in a big shoot out with police. the other brother faces 30 felony charms and pleaded not guilty. >> another strange twist in the knox case. italian court once again declared the seattle woman guilty of murder. now knox facing possible extradition and decades behind bars. we have the latest. >>reporter: she's guilty of murder. that's the verdict once again from an italian

court following a brand new trial and 6 years back and forth ruling within the italian judicial system. judge announced knox has been sentenced to 28 years behind bars. in a written statement knox said quote i am frightened and saddened by the unjust verdict having been found innocent before i expected better from the i tall i don't know justice system. 26-year-old was convicted of killing her roommate meredith in 2009. >> defendant has been aquitd. >>reporter: after spending 4 years in prison knox conviction was overturned. due to unreliable evidence. and she flew home to seattle opening up to abc diane sawyer. >> did you kill meredith. >> no. >>reporter: were you there that night. >> no. >>reporter: last year italy supreme court overturned that acquittal and ordered this new trial and knox ex boyfriend rafael received the same verdict. >> so until this matter is completely resolved and

resolved favorably, she will remain understandably concerne concerned. >>reporter: that concern is now growing with possibility of italy using its extra diagnosis treaty and pressuring the u.s. to send knox become to italy. >> how not ask to have her extradited because they have a convicted felon on the book who they will then have to demand the extradition this. >>reporter: case can be appealed to italy supreme cour court. rafael who is in italy was sentenced to 25 years and ordered to hand over his passport. this is abc news los angeles. >> now tomorrow on good morning america amanda knox will have first appearance since i tall i don't know court found her guilty of murder again. live interview with knox tomorrow on good morning america beginning at 7:00 a.m. over on channel 7. tune if new can. >> still to come tonight. stanford graduate student

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>> stanford graduate student make a name for himself by putting a name on the weather we have had. daniel swayne kind the phrase here to describe the high pressure ridge sitting off the coast causing california drought. >> i kind the term on california weather blog back in december, back when we had seen this atmospheric feature persisting for really part of 2 different water seasons which

is pretty unusual in californi california. >> swayne says it has been fun to seat term take off. unfortunately he doesn't see any mainly changes in the immediate future but says we are likely going to see some big changes by next year. i'll tell you who tells won't see changes that is spencer who is back with the forecast. it is a ridiculously resilient. >> glad to see somebody is keeping illiteration alive in the wonderful world of weather. >> here's live doppler 7hd you can see the ridge breaking down enough to allow the batch of moisture to move up to the coast lean of the bay area. as we loop the radar for you see some of the moisture beginning to push overland area now. no report yet of actual rainfall hitting the ground but likely some showers overnight. state wide tomorrow tl continuing snow fall over the sierra. heavier snow higher el vision and below 7000 feet just few more inches likely and in the bay area afternoon over tonight early morning showers. widely scattered and light issued add.

mainly sunny skies in the afternoon. high pressure generally right around or just above 60 degrees. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. our next chance of rain will be on sunday and it too will be light jaws slit chance of some light rain mainly near the coast and on monday startsd to get sunny mild and for tuesday wednesday thursday next week and high pressure in the mid 60's much like the weather pattern we have had the last self weeks as the ridiculously resilient ridge reestablishes itself. >> thanks very much expense near this next story comes with a warning. don't try this without help from the experts. no kidding we talk about people who allow bears to hiber nature upped their homes. happens every year aron lick tahoe but don't try to evict one. unless you know exactly what you are doing. >> look carefully. you will see a furry house guest. spending the wirpt underneath them ty cabin. >> our guest now is that we are upward of 100 bears every

winter under homes in tahoe. >>' bryant is director of the bear league, tahoe non-profit helping bears and people learn to co-exist. the more we encroach on the territory the more we have to learn how to share is habitat. more serious conflict usually happen in summer when people leave food whether bears can get it. in winter the issue though is different. bears are looking for places to hib nature. >> quite a few have discovered that underneath people home in the cruel spaces. just perfect. >> many tahoe homes are empty in winter and people often don't know a bear is there. but sometimes it's obvious. >> people will hear them. roll around and the snore. >> people call the bear league 24 hour hotline. trained volunteer head out to houses around the lake to help. usually the homeowner wants the bear out so after careful bear out so after careful preparation the bear is evicte

volunteers took this video of eviction in early january. as soon as the bear is out, the opening to the cruel space are sealed so it can't come back. but this can be hard open a hybernating bear that is suddenly homeless >> a lot of people feel really bad that it was their fault that the bear is in there. they left the trap door open or whatever. they forgot. >> some people will let the bear stay. with the help of expert volunteers. first they examine the area under the house to make sure the bear can't damage anything or worse get in the house itself. location of the houses and names of the owners are kept secret to protect both the bear and the people so we were not able to talk with any of the homeowner. bear league check on the bear all winter long. this time ann is letting abc 7 news producer go along. >> quietly go in to the location and crawl underneath for very short time just shane the flight there and make sure he's okay. make sure he's still in the same place. doesn't seem to be irritated. and still in hibernation this

bear is an adult male around 600 pound. see that? he definitely sees ann but he's groggy and go right back to sleep. and done this kind of thing hundreds of times. she feels safe. but you should no not. >> i know whether i'm doing but regular citizen to try and get that close the a bear would be foolish. >> this the little cub gives you an idea of why she dedicated her life to helping wild animal this video from 2 years ago cub and mother on the first day they emerge from the den under a house. human family living above was home when the cub was born. >> right underneath the parlor where they all watch television a and they heard him cry. >> mother kept her cub unthe house until avenues couple months old. and soon after this video was taken they disappeared up into the forest. >> we have never had a case in all these hundreds of bears that have slept under homes for months at a time never had a case of anybody being hurt like

i said most of the time people don't even know they are there. >> it is legal to let a bear hib nature on private property but absolutely illlet legal to feed a bear or lure one on to your property. bear league funded entirely by donation. see the grit work they are doing. we have a link at 7 news.com just click on see it on tv. >> bear looking beneath the house. >> it sound like a really cool idea until the bear best to you look like lunch yum. all right. the warrior and clippers. they have a growing rivalry and see the intensity tonight. if say hi to the fans tonight. if say hi to the fans in the front row. sports is

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crime. those new details tonight. >> plus incredible video of daring rescue after sky diver is knocked unconscious in mid-air. tonight you hear from the man who lived to jump another day. the stories and more on abc 7 news at 11:00 over on channel 7. >> sports report brought to you by local toyota dealer. >> sports director larry here as always tonight. warriors in town. >> yes. playing opponent they have this thing with the clippers. a little edgey. >> good rivalry. >> chipy. warriors came out with more intensity tonight and they show in the lack laws ter loss a couple nights ago. opponent certainly had a lot to do with it with the clippers visiting. david lee snug today as all star game reserve. he was fired up. seth curry ready for raveal. thompson picksing his pobingt and he launch the three. david lee 14 points in the first half. 22 right now. with authority. the clip.

he's high pressure. all about the action boss. lynch warriors with this in in the third. and all done 96-81 in the fourth quarter. to the ice. alex. in net for the sharks. in calgary first periodical gary on the attack. my kill back. in the act are right there in the rebound. up one nothing. the puck off the board to mark and 2 nothing flames. shark offensive suddenly vanishes. james shephard stopped by ram and puck there can't jam it in. every place but in the net. sharks finally did score a goal after blanked in the previous 2 losses but the shark drop the third straight 4-1 is the final. superbowl news and nfl in general. kaepernick responded to sherman rant blasting the seahawks corner

back in series of interview at the superbowl media center. kaepernick took exception to sherman rant when he ripped crabtree called him mediocre and sorry. cap response today on espn. >> i think it was a little bit ridiculous. a little bit over blown but if you have to tell everybody you are the best corner back in the league and you feel that way, go right ahead but at some point it's going to catch up with you. he gave me that match up 100 times i'll take it every single time. to me, if i had that rewind button, i would throw the ball a little bit farther and we would be in new york right now playing for the superbowl. >> i hope kaepernick is just saying that for crabtree benefit. do not throw at richard sherman again. certainly not 100 out of 100 times. don't go t-other people open. yes. we'll see what happens next season. speaking officer man he poked if you please at broncos quarterback

manning. be careful. don't poke the bear. back story on this kim weak ago. sherman wrote an article for "sports illustrated"and brake down the 5 smartest qb he picked peyton manning no. 1 but says he thro throws duck look at the ball. >> i believe it's true as well. he's a smart player and i think had that's a real reach what he's saying there. i do throw ducks. i throw a lot of yards and touch downs ducks and so i am actually quite proud of it. >> respoychbilitys i agree. exactly what i said that's what i said. repeat of what i said. >> manning throws record setting duck. mcilroy he said at times he was walking around the golf course lick brain dead. 2014 starting off bette better. round 1 in due beat. you say hello i say dubai.

tiger. the stroke after last week disappointing final round 79. shot a 68 today. 4 under par. 5 shots behind the leader mcilroy. 5 birdie in the first 9 hole on the par 3 7-up and down. from off the greechbility 9 under 63 and he's the leader. mickelson bad back last week. had to drop out. he is looking strong. finished even par 71. watson. 12 footer for birdie on 8. 7 underscore. tied for the lead and 1 more look. different kind of look at the richard sherman aaron andrews post game interview over the win over the niners. the minute. and sherman the frog. >> final play take me through it. >> i'm the best corner in the galement when you try me with a sorry receiver like crab tree that's the result you get. don't you ever talk about me.

>> who was talking but. >> crab tremendous don't top your mouth about the best. >> all right. and back over to you. >> that is put together by garlic jackson comedy. that is just outstanding. i could watch that 1,000 nims a row and laugh every time. 7 sports brought to you by toyota. >> richard sherman giving us something to talk about. >> i don't know. that's perfect i don't know. >> he used the relevant audio. >> all right thanks very much. >> that's this edition of 7 news for spencer and all of us here, i'm dan ashley thanks for the company appreciate your time see you in an hour on time see you in an hour on channel a

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